Delivering Oracle Success
R12 In Depth:
Focus on Report Manager
Cindy Harpring RMOUG QEW August 19, 2011
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About DBAK
Oracle solution provider Co-founded in 2005
Based in Englewood, CO
2008 “Emerging Business of the Year” – South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce
More than 140 implementations, upgrades,
conversions, and support projects for 90+ clients Average 15 years of Oracle expertise
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Agenda
What is Oracle Report Manager?
What does Oracle Report Manager Do?
Configuration for Oracle Report Manager Financial Report Template Editor
Publishing an FSG Report Report Repository
Security Options Things to Consider
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Oracle Report Manager Is…
Online report distribution system
• Provides secure, centralized location
• Produce and manage point-in-time reports Users can be
• Report producers = submit, publish, and set security for reports
• Report consumers = view and approve reports
Use templates to integrate reports displayed by Report Manager using your organization's individual style
It replaces and enhances the former Desktop ADI Request Center
Oracle Report Manager Can…
Enable report producers to submit and publish to a central repository:
• Financial Statement Generator (FSG) reports
• Ad Hoc FSG reports
• Variable Format reports
• Standard reports
Present reports in the repository to report consumers
• Accessible by users through Web browser
• Offers approval requirement before viewing reports
• Permits report availability in a future timeframe
• Allows viewing reports as spreadsheets, HTML or PDF files
• Secures reports by content security models and through repository security
– User to Value
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Oracle Report Manager Configuration…
System Administrator responsibility
• Navigate: Application-Menu
• Query User Menu: Report Manager Security Menu
Add the following prompts and functions to the menu:
• Financial Report Submission
• Financial Report Template Editor
• Repository Management
• Security Workbench
• Standard Report Submission
• Upload File
• Variable Report Submission
• Report Set Definition
• Report Set Publish
• Report Set Publishing Options
• Request Set Publish
• Request Set Publishing Options
• Ad Hoc FSG Submission
• Account Analysis and Drilldown Main Page
• FSG Drilldown: Launch Page –no prompt needed
• FSG Drilldown: Select Content Set Rows –no prompt needed
• FSG Drilldown: Effective Range Selection Page – no prompt needed
• FSG Drilldown: Balance Inquiry Page – no prompt needed
Oracle Report Manager Configuration…
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Oracle Report Manager Configuration…
Assign GL Concurrent Program Group to the Report Manager responsibility
Financial Report Template Editor Setup…
For Microsoft Excel 2007 and newer:
• Choose the MS Office button
• Choose Excel Options
• In the Trust Center choose
‘Trust Center Settings’ button
• Select macro settings category
• Select the ‘Trust access to the VBA project object model’
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Financial Report Template Editor Setup…
• Select macro settings category
• Select the ‘Trust access to the VBA project object model’
• Click ‘OK’ button
Financial Report Template Editor Setup…
For Microsoft Excel 2003 and earlier:
• Click on Tools
• Go to Macro
• Go to and click on Security
• Select Medium in Security Level tab
• Click ‘OK’ button
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Create Report Templates…
Create templates in Excel Modify templates in Excel
Upload templates to the Template Manager
At runtime when the template is selected, the report data is published in the format defined
Create Report Templates…
Navigate: Financial Report Template Editor Enter/select report name
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Create Report Templates…
Choose to create a new template
Select ‘Excel Template Editor’ from the Editor Selection list
Click ‘Create’ button
Create Report Templates…
The Excel spreadsheet with default formatting is created and opened in Excel
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Create Report Templates…
Accept the default layout or edit the template as desired:
• Change row or column size
• Change font, size, color and alignment
• Update cell formatting
• Format negative numbers
• Change page margins
• Select portrait or landscape orientation
• Insert images such as logos
Create Report Templates…
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Create Report Templates…
When the spreadsheet is complete select
• Add Ins – Oracle – Upload (Excel 2007 or higher
• Oracle – Upload (earlier versions of Excel)
Enter template name and description
Check ‘Enable Drill’ button to allow drilldown capability
Click ‘Upload’ button
Create Report Templates…
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Create Report Templates…
Upload progress and confirmation is displayed
Publishing a Report…
Navigate: Financial Report Submission Enter/select report name
Enter/select period
Select other options as needed Click ‘Next’ button
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Publishing a Report…
Publishing a Report…
Select the template
Select the AutoArchive option Select Security option
Click ‘Next’ button
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Publishing a Report…
Publishing a Report…
Review/select storage location Click ‘Next’ button
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Publishing a Report…
Optionally select to create a menu item for the report Click ‘Next’ button
Publishing a Report…
Review parameters Click ‘Submit’ button
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Publishing a Report…
Concurrent request ID is displayed Click ‘Monitor Request’ button
Publishing a Report…
Click ‘Refresh’ button to show process completed Click ‘Output’ icon to view report with template
Select ‘View Report Now’ link Select Output Type
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Publishing a Report…
Report opens with template in selected Output format
Financial Report Drilldown…
Double-click on an amount in the report to view the details of transactions totaling the amount displayed Can update some of the drilldown parameters, if desired
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Financial Report Drilldown…
Financial Report Drilldown…
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Report Repository…
All reports submitted through Report Manager are stored in the reports repository
Allows an organization to:
• Organize and view completed reports
• Update publishing and security options for completed reports
• Archive and delete reports
Report Repository…
Use the Repository Management menu item to access the workbench
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Security Options…
Four Security Models:
• None
– Individual user access to reports is determined by assigned responsibility(ies)
• Flexfield Value Security
– Standard flexfield value security (GL Security Rules or Data Access Sets) is attached to a responsibility and applied to publishing and viewing financial reports
• User to Value Security
– Security can be defined in Oracle Report Manager to control access to secured financial reports
• PL/SQL Based Security
– Create and apply custom security suited to an organization’s specific needs
Security Options…
Flexfield Value Security
• The report is a financial report (FSG)
• The report is submitted with a content set
• Exactly one segment value in the content set has a display type of PE (Page/Expand)
• Choose the security in the report submission parameter User to Value Security
• Applied to FSGs that use a content set or standard reports that contain a valid expansion value
• Based on segment values for reports published in the repository
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Security Options…
User to Value Security Setups
• Select participating valuesets
• Assign user privileges to values within the valuesets
Security Options…
Assign users to value or values to user
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Security Options…
While submitting the report select the security type to apply
Security Options…
Error message received when accessing restricted value
Check assigned security through Security Workbench
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Things to Consider…
Need an Oracle log-in to access reports, but uses the Oracle Applications Self Services Web Applications Requires XML Publisher (XDO Engine) for publishing reports with logos and formatting
FSG’s must be defined in the General Ledger
Standard reports must be assigned to the request group assigned to the Report Manager
responsibility(ies)
Ensure the GL: Data Access Set profile option is set correctly for the Report Manager responsibility
(pointed to the correct ledger or ledger set)
Things to Consider…
Templates are report-specific
• Templates need to be defined for each report published through Report Manager, including Standard reports
• Can use the seeded “Generic FSG Template” with any FSG report
• Cannot modify the seeded “Generic FSG Template”
Standard report templates must be defined from the XML Publisher responsibility
Run reports with content sets only in the sequentially processing mode
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Things to Consider…
Cannot use Report Manager to define or update FSG report components at this time
Helpful notes from My Oracle Support:
• 436502.1 – Drilldown error resolution
• 734015.1 – How to Publish FSG Reports
• 1113366.1 – FAQ’s
Ensure Patch 6884280 (R12) is applied for Repository Maintenance prior to running the maintenance
program
Questions
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Contact
Cindy Harpring 720.475.8600
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